Izaac Tu’itupou #302

[Spartan117]

Izaac Tu’itupou is set to become Wests Tiger #302 after being named on the wing for Round 21, 2025 against Penrith.

 

[Spartan117]

Izaac Tu’itupou has played 13 games with his previous club.

Wishing him a strong game on the wing this weekend.

 

[Demps]

I rated him when he was at Souths.
Looks tough also.

Hasn't worked out for him for whatever reason.
Hopefully we've got ourself a diamond in the rough here.

Keen to see how he goes in first grade, for us.

 

[groucher]

Strong winger. But shaky under the high ball from all the NSW Cup I’ve watched this year. Hope it works out for him.

 

[Spartan117]

100kgs +

wanna see some damaging runs.

 

[Tom Shines]

He is 28 yrs old, not a kid …. So the expectations are he should be playing with confidence … he will be targeted by the opposition no doubt ..

 

[Spartan117]

He is 28 yrs old, not a kid …. So the expectations are he should be playing with confidence … he will be targeted by the opposition no doubt ..

my expectation is that he would be hungry for this opportunity.

Run hard, tackle harder.

 

[Tom Shines]

my expectation is that he would be hungry for this opportunity.

Run hard, tackle harder.

I want him to succeed .. he is the size a winger should be in the NRL in 2025…poor old Charlie isn’t ..

 

[jadtiger]

This is his opportunity to show that he is capable to be a first grade footballer although being 28 years old shows that he has never taken his previous chances.I wish him well and hope that he finally proves that he is good enough.

 

[Jolls]

Great opportunity to use Taylan, Skelton and Izaac against a smaller oppostion. We may need to play with a bit more depth to counter Penrith;s compressed defence but that could well be to our advantage.

 

[Kelce68]

Great opportunity to use Taylan, Skelton and Izaac against a smaller oppostion. We may need to play with a bit more depth to counter Penrith;s compressed defence but that could well be to our advantage.

Weirdly, we have clear 1 on 1 advantages in a number of areas across the park against Penrith.

Capitalising on that will be the challenge, Jolls, I reckon.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Been playing great in reserve grade by all reports so expecting good things.

 

[Tito Santana]

I want him to succeed .. he is the size a winger should be in the NRL in 2025…poor old Charlie isn’t ..

Charlie Staines is the 2025 version of Daniel Fitzhenry.

 

[TIGERS]

Charlie Staines is the 2025 version of Daniel Fitzhenry.

Is that a complement or an insult?? Fitzy had good hands and was way tougher than people remember. He did his job, he won a comp.

 

[HowDugWT]

I dont know how I feel about 2 wingers who are both of the similar mould. Damaging runners, strong ball carriers and defenders, both dodgy under the high ball. Should be interesting. Expect him to get peppered by Cleary's bombs all night and I expect him to struggle. Switching may to the right side to help him defensively could be smart. No doubt about it he has been one of our most consistent at KOE but has lapses in defense and under the high ball.
All that aside I wish him good luck

 

[TIGERS]

I dont know how I feel about 2 wingers who are both of the similar mould. Damaging runners, strong ball carriers and defenders, both dodgy under the high ball. Should be interesting. Expect him to get peppered by Cleary's bombs all night and I expect him to struggle. Switching may to the right side to help him defensively could be smart. No doubt about it he has been one of our most consistent at KOE but has lapses in defense and under the high ball.
All that aside I wish him good luck

Wingers won't decide this match alone mate. It'll be mistakes and concentration that sorts this one out.

 

[426Tlgerland]

Great opportunity to use Taylan, Skelton and Izaac against a smaller oppostion. We may need to play with a bit more depth to counter Penrith;s compressed defence but that could well be to our advantage.

We be fine , all we do is take out Clearly like we took out Tino last game , clean but nasty or get Skelton to cut him in half , stay up in there face , kick early and deep with chasers , kick the game off and smash them straight away in defence , do not , i repeat do not do short drop outs as the other team seem to ALWAYS score with in a few minutes , kick the skin off it and chase it down the field

 

[weststigers]

We be fine , all we do is take out Clearly like we took out Tino last game , clean but nasty or get Skelton to cut him in half , stay up in there face , kick early and deep with chasers , kick the game off and smash them straight away in defence , do not , i repeat do not do short drop outs as the other team seem to ALWAYS score with in a few minutes , kick the skin off it and chase it down the field

If Skelton isn't careful, Cleary will be watching for it and make him look silly.

 

[Fish88]

We need good line speed in D to pressure Cleary and make his kicks not so pinpoint against our two wingers who are inconsistent under high balls. Problem is, pressure in D and linespeed are things we are notoriously not good at!

 

[HowDugWT]

Wingers won't decide this match alone mate. It'll be mistakes and concentration that sorts this one out.

Never said they would decide the match. But yeah I agree it will be the mistakes . . . that the wingers can make